Bottling-machine



A. E. SWANSON.

I BQTTLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN-31,1919.

Patented Aug. 17,1920.

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A. E. SWANSON. BOTTLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN-31, 1919.

1,350,249. Patented Aug. 17,1920,

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A. SWANSON. BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION, FILED IAN-31,1919. i I 1,350,249. PatentedAug. 17,1920.

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ings, in winch- 55 source, a plurality of small u nitgages 1 'suc- To all whom it may camera citizen of the United States of America, and Y a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new "and useful Improvements in Bottling-lVIa-f r'lrawii'i'g and leaving a substantial surplus;

1.3 and fromthere to the gang of individual gages 4, from whence it is permitted to flow chines, adapted particularly for varnish and "the like, andthe main ob ects or the invenproved form adapted to measureout simultaneously and quickly a numberof dlstlnct umrso STATES,

PA ENT QFFICE- AXEL Swanson, 0F ,oHIcAeo, ILLINOIS.

E. Swanson, a

Be it known that I, AXEL chines, of which the following is a specifi tlOIl. 7 fl his invention relates to bottl1ngtion are to provide such a machine .of'im- "charges of the lilling'material ready for subsequent discharge into the :hottles to:be filled; to accomplish this without exposing thematerialto the air and without overto providet'or a group or gang of measuring cells arranged uprlghtly withthelr open 1ntalte ends (lisposed on a common flood level or filling plane at'the'top; to provide for each cell a vertically adjustable displaceline 1-1 of Figs. 2 and 4;.

ment gage adapted to vary theiprecise" charge as may be required and to provide "I for steam acketing a group of cells such as referred to.

An illustrative embodiment of'this inven tion is shown in the accompanying draw- Figure l is a top plan of the main body of the machine, namely the partbelow the Fig. 2' is a section on Fig. 1.

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Fig. 5 is a sectionthrough the fan shaped 1 di'stributing nozzle, at 5'5 on Fi e-2 andG."

the nozzle shown in Fig. :5. I

Flg. 7' "1s aconventionaldiagrammatic 1 Fig. 6 is a front elevation or ege view of view of a common mechanism adapted for coactive operation and control of the discharge valves of both the mastergageand the unitgages. a 41 In theembodiment'heresliown the device as a whole comprises mainly a filler frame 1, a source of material including the con I necting supply pipe 2, a common-meter or f master gage 3, communicatln'g :with sald:

BQTTLINGMACHINE.

eemc mme Patent, Patented Aug Application filedJanuary aig-islea; serial No. 274,306.

, cessive to, said master J adapted and arranged [to guidecharge. from said unit gages,-a control valve ;6:-io r'3 said source," discharge control means 7 for: the master gage, discharge control 7 mechanism .S i'or said unit gages," a steam he disjacket 9 for the gages l, a combined support and guideway 10 below said funnel 5, re-

movablereceptacle or box ll fitting in said i'guideway for the bott'lesqor other containers p12v to Jbefilled, a wasteitrough 13160 the surplus material overflowing. from the unit sg'ages, and aspillvtrouglr fl to catch material. overflowingfrom the bottles 12. fiThe several parts are so arranged that from the sourceo'f supply to'the-main'gage downward through "the tunnels )5 into the ultimate containers 12 .whereini'it is subsequently transferred to a pl ace. for storage, or placedon the. market. A v

age; 3 comprises an. open :1 The main 1 toppedcup-shapedreservoir, the bottom of 4 which 1s provided with an intake aperture to which isconnected the supp lypipe 2:

gage, a gang tunnel 5- QHPOI'L appropriate manual opcralio'n ofrthe' controlling means 6, 7 Sand 8 the liquid mai'terlal quickly flows, preferably by gravity,

Manda discharge aperture, to. which is connet-ted the pipe 15tleading to the multiple' gage manifold 16, the valve 7 being connested. in saidvp pe to control the flow from said main gage, The intake aperture for the gage 3 is provided with a float valve, in;

Lcluding a float 17. and theivalve proper 6 :having an upriglit stem 19, to which the float is connected, said stem'and float-having mutually threaded connection, whereby the capacity of the gage may be adjusted, as will be understood. "The valve 6 is spherical in "shape-and fits loosely in a housing 20 inclosing the intakeaperture,th'e top of said housinghaving a port 21 with the under of -which said valve coacts. vStop means 22 are provided'to limit thedownwardmovement of the valve sui li ciently to prevent :closing Qthe'upper end'of the supply pipe 2. Manual means are providedfor controlling said valve 6, said means being 1n the form of a lever 23 having resilient means24lurging-it upward and having adownwardly projectinghook 25 adapted to engage correspond- "ingf upwardly projecting hooks 26 on the top of the'float, whereby at the will' of the operator the valve 6 may be held closed by engaging said hooks, and released by disengaging the hooks. Said supply pipe. 2 is provided with adownward branch 2 terminating in a drain cock 27 whereby-all- The wallsof each cup arerespectively con vergent downward from the rectangular'top to a centrally perforated circular bottom part. v

The feed pipe 15 enters the closedmanifold 16 at the back side of the machineby way of a fan shaped. distributing nozzle 29 havin a pair of perforated retarding walls or bafiles 31 and 32, illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, whereby the liquid is spread outior dis drain trough 13 before all of the gage cups 4 are fllled. Whatever surplus enters the manifold 16 after the cups are filled flows gently over and past the cups into the trough 13 from whence it is discharged through the drain pipe 33, towhatever receptacle (not here shown) may be provided therefor, from whence it may be returned eitherby a pump or other means to .the'source of supply.-

The valve mechanism for: each unit. gage 4' comprises a spherical valve 35 fitting against the upper side of the port 36'. in the base of the cup, said valve beingprovided with a downward guide stem 37 and an upwardly .projectingstem 38 communicating with the manual controlmechanism 8 hereinafter de scribed; Each stem 38-is threaded and pro vided with a vertically adjustableybody 3.9,

. preferably of downwardly convergent frustum shape and'centrally threaded, adapted to vary the volumetric capacity of the gage.

By lowering the said body 39 the gage capacity is diminished and by raising same the capacity is increased. 'Adjustment may be effected by pouring agiven volume of liquid into'the cup 4 and then loweringthe body 39 until the surface of the liquid is I raised to the level of plate 2.8 atlthe top edge of thecun. w v

a The manual gang control meansfl8 for: the valves 35 includes a lever 41 pivoted. on. a bracket. 42 at the frontv of theframe, said I lever having a handle 43 and being, turnably connected medially at 44 to the center of. 'a crossbar 45., as shown by: Figs. 1. and: 2.. At

each end of the crossbar/45 there. isco'nnected a backwardly extendingbar'46, each pivotally connectedto a seriesof upright arms 47 which armsa-re fixed tozcorresponding-rocker bars 48, ha-ving arms 49- fixed thereon; andarrangedl to lift and lower-the .-out material waste or spilling. The gang 7 latter are inclosed in a steam jacket 9, to

valve stems 38 in accordance with the rotation of said bars subject to the hand lever, said bars 48 corresponding with the several rows of gages 4 respectively. The rods 46 enter the manifold 16 at 16 where they fit'70 tightly in the apertured wall 16;

bottoms 11 adapted to permit leakage of any surplus material therethrough into the trough or catch pan 14 having a discharge pipge 14.

' means of the gang funnels 5'tl1e mouths of the bottles are duly alined and the liquid is directed into the bottlesxwithfunnel device comprises a plate 5",perfo- I .rated to aline in registry with the unit gages tributed horizontally and caused to flow. slowly enoughto avoid overflowing into the r 4 and provided with downwardly convergent funnel 5 members 50 adapted. to fit in the mouths of-the bottles respectively. The funago nel device 5 is applied to the bottles and the latterthereby accurately alined before-the box 11. is inserted into the machine. ,After a lock. nut 54 and a cup bearing 55 for the bolt head 53. The shankof bolt 53 is set .uprightly. in the flange 56 of the lower frame partand the cup 55 is, fixed on'the under side of the flange 57 ofthe upper frame part 1". n V On account of the morelor less viscous and Y slow running quality of some liquids when cold, especially varnish, and in order to insure prompt filling-ofith e' gage cups .4, the 1 which a suitable. heating medium may be supplied through the tube, 60fand x from which said medium may beremoved throu h tube 61. Said jacket 9 is'inclosed by t e( upright frame channels,63, gage plate 28 and floor plate64through-which the downward extremities of the; cups 4 project slightly. V

The operation of the device is asfollows: The filling machine 'being connected. to a tank, reservoir: or other source of supply through the'feed pipe 2, the operatorreleasesthe main-gage intake valve 6 by disengaging hook 25-frorn; thev float (shown in V Fig. 4); which permits the main gage 3t0 130 fill until the supply valve is closed by the rising of the, float therein. The operator promptly engages hook 25 with hook 26 and.

then turns on the valve 7 leading to the unit gages, whereupon the entire contents of the main gage is discharged into the gage manifold 16, whereby the several unit gages 4 are filled, and any remaining surplus is drained into the discharge trough 13, from whence it is returned to the source of supply. The manifold supply valve 7 being closed, the operator then opens the unit discharge valves by pressing inward on the handle 4.3 of the gang valve mechanism, whereupon the material is discharged downward through the several funnels into the bottles or other containers held in the removable box 11 in the base of the machine. Any

surplus material'eSca ing from the gages or bottles either-from accident, such as bottle breakage or for any other reason, flows into the catch pan 14 secured to the lowermost part of the machine, from which pan the material collected may be returned either to the source of supply or to a special container for such material in case it has become polluted or otherwise injured.

The operator then closes valve 7 and disengages hook 25, thusopening valve 6 so that the gage 3 may refill. In the meantime,

the filled bottles aig replaced by empty ones. It is to be noted especially that with this machine the bottling of viscous and airsensitive liquids can be accomplished very rapidly and without appreciable exposure to the air, which features are extremely desirable in varnish and'paint-handling machines. g

Referring to the modified form of valve control means shown diagrammatically in Fig. 7, it will be seen that the manifold supply valve controlling the discharge from gage 3 may be controlled simultaneously with and by the same means as" the valves 35 of the small gages. For this purpose the lever 41 is provided with a link 46' which is connected both to the lever 47 and to a link 66, the latter being in turn connected to the manifold supply valve 7 provided in the tube 15 leading from the master'gage 3. The mechanism is so designed and arranged that when the lever 41 is swung backward toward the right, the main supply valve 7 is closed simultaneously with the opening of the unit gage valves 35. WVhen'said lever 41 is swung oppositely, that is to the left, the valve 7 is restored to its open position and the valves 35 are closed.

Although but one main embodiment and a slightly modified form of this invention are herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the constructions shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

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1-. A receptacle filling machine, adapted for the rapid handling of liquids of more or less viscid character such as varnishes, paints and the like, comprising in combination a frame, a large master gage, aplurality of relatively small unit gages designed.

and arranged to serve one for each receptacle to be filled, a broad manifold connecting said master gage and unit gages for transmitting and distributing the successive contents of the former to the latter, the bottom of said manifold being broad and provided with horizontal rows of outlets, and means for controlling the temperature and corresponding fluidity of the liquid as v it passes through said machine.

retarding means.

Signed at Chicago this 29th day of J anuary, 1919. v, I

AXEL E. SWANSON. 

